An efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation of "Egusi" melon (Colocynthis citrullus L.)

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-22

  Ntui, Valentine Otang ^a   khan, Raham Sher ^a   Chin, Dong Poh ^a   Nakamura, Ikuo ^a   Mii, Masahiro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colocynthis citrullus; Cotyledon; Genetic transformation; GUS; Regeneration; Transgene cassette

Indexed keywords

COLOCYNTHIS CITRULLUS; COTYLEDON; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GUS; REGENERATION; TRANSGENE;

CARBOXYLATION; CULTIVATION; DNA; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS;

EID: 77956742595     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-010-9748-y     Document Type: Article

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